Pathophysiology of septic encephalopathy: A review

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 3019-3024

  Papadopoulos, Marios C ^a   Davies, D Ceri ^a   Moss, Ray F ^a   Tighe, Derek ^a   Bennett, E David ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Blood brain barrier; Brain edema; Cerebrovascular circulation; Inflammation; Intensive care; Leukocytes; Neurons; Sepsis; Vascular endothelium

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LEUKOCYTE; NERVE CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0033839113     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200008000-00057     Document Type: Review

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